louis cardinals and san francisco giants was happening at the same time. claire mccaskill made a joke about having people hold up their fingers for the score during the debate. >> see you in a few minutes, kate. >> okay. >> thanks very, very much. >>> the republican effort to win over women may be harder for another reason. the illinois congressman, joe walsh, is under fire for saying that abortion can never save a woman's life. it's the latest stumble for the republican candidate. walsh already trailed the democrat tammy duckworth in polls. >> there's a lot of twists and turns with this story. representative walsh, he held a news conference late this afternoon. and he says he is still firmly against abortion. but he acknowledged that there may be rare, very rare cases where to save the life of the mother where it would be okay to terminate a pregnancy. he was clearly trying to clarify some of the comments he'd made last night after congressional debate. >> if a woman's life is at issue, would you say she should not have an abortion? >> let me briefly say